New Urbanist Architect's Fort Worth Designs

13 June 2002 - 11:00am

Architect David Schwarz designs for Fort Worth has supporters and critics.

"Schwarz, a Los Angeles-born, Ivy-league-schooled designer has become Fort Worth's most influential architect, and a Metroplex master planner to be reckoned with...The mere mention of his name to a wide selection of design and architectural authorities elicits starkly polarized reactions. Among people who care about the architectural profile of the Metroplex, David Schwarz has become a lightning rod... A pastiche of architectural vocabulary - versatile to some, lacking in originality to others - Schwarz's work is certainly steeped in historical precedent."

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Source: Fort Worth Star Telegram, June 9, 2002
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It is worth pondering that successful downtown stadiums and hostels extend back at least to the Colosseum environs in Rome, nearly 2,000 years ago.